Skills

  • Proficient in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Quark, Microsoft Office, Flash, and Filemaker Pro on both Mac and PC platforms
  • Experienced in hands-on creative media including: mood boards, printmaking, & photography
  • Adheres to web standards, information architecture, and user-centered design

Current Employment

Stanford University | Stanford, CA 01.11 | Present
Graphic Artist
  • Translates professors’s notes to interactive online problem sets

Freelance | New York, NY – San Francisco, CA 06.09 | Present
Graphic Design · Web · Photoshop · Print Production
  • Clients range from individual artists to large corporations such as Random House, Inc.

Previous Experience

Tiny Prints | Mountain View, CA 12.09 | 08.10
Merchandising Design Manager
  • Created callouts for external designers and freelancers based on sales data and trend reports
  • Approved final art files from internal and external designers

NY Daily News | New York, NY 06.07 | 06.09
Graphic Designer, Advertising & Pre Press
  • Designed advertisements for local businesses
  • Ensured the quality of print of all advertisements
  • Trafficed ads through system, adjusting files when necessary

CondÉ Nast | New York, NY 05.07 | 06.07
Advertising Production Coordinator
Temporary position
  • Managed advertisements for two regional bridal magazines

Echo of the Dreamer | New York, NY 08.05 | 04.07
Art Director promoted 03.06
  • Designed and directed printing of seasonal look books: www.marsandvalentine.com/slideshow.html
  • Formatted layout and copy for promotional postcards
  • Drafted, managed, and ran ads in magazines and trade publications
  • Built and maintained two company websites, including: www.marsandvalentine.com
  • Photographed and edited digital images of jewelry for web and print
Design Assistant / Production Artist
  • Assisted the Art Director
  • Drafted original jewelry designs

November Design Group, Inc. | Austin, TX 10.04 | 07.05
Design Assistant / Muralist
  • Coordinated the purchase and distribution of fabrics, art, and furniture
  • Organized sales presentations, sketched and scanned ideas for mood boards, executed design plans, and archived past projects
  • Selected mural designs, painted murals from work orders
Education

University of Texas
Austin, Texas 06.00 | 05.04
Bachelor of Arts: English
Study abroad
  • Charles University
    Prague, Czech Republic
    2002

  • Dilit International University
    Rome, Italy
    2003


Volunteerism / Activities

SF Open Studios
Participated in group show
2010

Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer
1996-2001, Present

Save the Bay
Volunteer
2010-Present

Fun-A-Day
Designed and mailed a postcard
each day during January
2010, 2011

Artworks
Learning Leaders
Brooklyn Museum Guide in the
ArtWorks program for kids
2008-2009

Brewer Educational
Resources
Illustrator
2005-Present

Texas 4000 for Cancer
Cyclist and Public Relations Coordinator
2004